11.04.09
Posted in Religion at 10:46 pm by madcap
As The Onslaught Continues - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
I was reading the above article by Andrew Sullivan, and I got to thinking: the Vatican is welcoming all the misogynists and homophobes in the Anglican community to rejoin the Catholic church… how about the remaining Anglicans invite all the priests who’d like to get married or come out of the closet over to their side*. The Vatican gets the congregations, the Anglicans get the clergy. Sounds like an even trade to me.
* They can keep the pedophiles.
Update: Apparently, Dawkins beat me to it.
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05.30.08
Posted in Current Events, Politics, Religion at 7:04 pm by madcap
The Catholic League sharply criticized Barack Obama Friday for his ties to controversial Catholic minister Michael Pfleger, saying in a statement the Illinois senator should have severed ties with him long ago.
CNN Political Ticker: Obama takes heat from Catholic League over Pfleger
Lemme get this right… the Catholic League is criticizing Barack Obama for his ties to a Catholic minister. In case this wasn’t surreal enough…
The Catholic League is an influential non-partisan organization that says its mission is to protect the free-speech rights of Catholics “whenever and wherever they are threatened.”
Brilliant!
All irony aside, I don’t really understand the source of the Catholic League’s complaints. Whether you think Michael Pfleger’s comments were inappropriate or not, I can’t find anything in them that is anti-Catholic, so why is the Catholic League even entering into the discussion? Aside from the fact that they’re a bunch of assholes, I mean.
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05.13.08
Posted in Religion at 9:13 pm by madcap
Writing in the Vatican newspaper, the astronomer, Father Gabriel Funes, said intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space.
BBC NEWS | Vatican says aliens could exist
“Aliens? Why not… sure!”
Science and religion need each other, and many astronomers believe in God, he assures readers.
In the same sense, I suppose, that Superman needs his Lex Luthor.
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